The Ashanti Region is well-known for its acclaimed gold deposits, and one town well-noted for gold mining activities is Obuasi. But unknown to many, there are other towns in Ashanti with rich deposits of the ore. Recently, a number of operators of small scale mining concessions, popularly referred to as galamsey, have descended on the Atwima Mponua District and are destroying arable lands and polluting water bodies in the area
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